defiance

I have drove the car all morning today doing errands and then to work, nothing unusual. After I get off work, driving home I start hearing this tss tss tss tss noise above 15mph coming from the right front tire. When I got home, I checked the tire for nails, well no nails. I checked undercarriage to see if something got stuck somewhere like a plastic bag, again I found nothing. I checked the caliper and the rotor, nothing unusual, no scratches giving away a rock being stuck somewhere.

I don't know what to do. Its like boom and the noise is there after the car drove fine all day. It's like I picked up a nail, but there is nothing in the tire and nothing is touching anything anywhere.

CPTCO

Have you checked the brake pad squealer? Sometimes they will just touch intermittently at first.

defiance

Well the rotors and brakes are only 7 month old. No wear on them at all.

CPTCO

That's probably not it then. Weird problem. I'll keep thinking. If you jack the car up, can you replicate the sound by spinning the wheel by hand?

defiance

Yeah I cant get to a jack until tomorrow, that would be the best way about it. I could even swap the tires from one side to another to see if the sound follows. This whole thing is just weird. I hate looking for noises......

CPTCO

Well if the tire still has air pressure in the morning, that will be one thing eliminated. I once had a piece of duct tape stick on a tire. Freaked me out for a second.

defiance

On the way home I was hoping it was going to be something as simple as duct tape, but unfortunately it is never that simple for me it seems.

Roush05

If it was a repeating noise like it sounds, then it must be something stuck somewhere that is hitting something every time it makes a rotation. It's most likely either something stuck in your tire or something similar. It could even be a stick or something caught in the undercarriage, making contact with your rims. lol. I know that doesn't narrow it down much at all.